DENMARK IN AFGHANISTAN

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�� not possible for the Afghan authorities and civil organisations to work in the area. AS CIVILIAN AS POSSIBLE – AS MILITARY AS NECESSARY Gradually, the Danish engagement will intensify the civilian rebuilding efforts while reducing the military engagement. Even though unrest slows the reconstruction initiatives in the Helmand province, there is also progress. Security has improved to an extent that makes it possible for the Afghan authorities to work in the districts and show people that the government wants to consult the local population. When ��- �� Helmand. There are now governors in 10 districts. Supported by Denmark, two new schools have been built and a teachers’ college of education has been rebuilt and reopened. The construction of additionally nine schools and three residence halls have been initiated, and they are expected to be completed in 2010-11. A Danish scholarship programme will enable up to 2000 pupils and students from remote districts to access education in the province capital of Lashkar Gah. Also a maternity home and a midwife training school have been opened. That would not have been possible under the Taliban regime. THIS IS HOW MUCH THE DANISH ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN COSTS The military engagement involves extra expenses for the Danish Defence amounting to 200 million US$ a year. De- �� 31 Danish soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan. Also, 80 Danes have been wounded in degrees varying from Afghanistan ��
DANISH POLICEOFFICERS IN AFGHANISTAN Regrettably, the police is more feared than wanted in many parts of Afghanistan. There are several examples of police taking bribes and misusing their position. The Danish police in Afghanistan will help change this situation by training the Afghan police in routine police tasks and by conducting basic training for police recruits. But it has to happen fast. This is why the basic training of the Afghan police is limited initially to six weeks of training before they are sent off to work. In comparison, police �� of the new police recruits are illiterate, 35-40 per cent are drug addicts and 8-10 per cent are alcoholics. Therefore, Denmark cooperates with the Afghan Ministry of the Interior to ensure that in future the police will get a salary on which they can live. A better salary will at- �� the temptation to take bribes. There are now attempts at transferring police salaries directly through cell phones in an effort to reduce corruption. Prior to this, parts of the police salaries used to disappear before the money got through. Denmark also trains the Afghan police trainers, enabling them to train many more colleagues in the regions. Danish �� train the local police in the Danish area of operations and advise on correct treatment of people in custody, among �� There are around 20 Danish police advisers in Afghanistan as part of the joint European police mission, EUPOL Photo: Kenneth Rimm MICHAEL LILLEBALLE, POLICE OFFICER IN VOLLSMOSE, DENMARK, 45 YEARS OLD. SERVING IN KABUL. �� trust the police. During the training we tell them about ethics, morals and corruption. We talk about local policing – how important it is to be part of the local popula- �� people to tell us what is going on. From sources around town we now hear that people notice a difference in the way the police behave. We take that as a pat on the shoulder. We realize that we change things here.’ Afghanistan
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